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Motel worker kidnapped for ransom in Montebello

MONTEBELLO — A man and woman kidnapped a motel worker Wednesday and unsuccessfully tried to hold her for ransom before releasing her, police said.The crime occurred shortly before 1 p.m. at the Quality Inn, 7709 Telegraph Road, as a female motel employee was showing a banquet room at the motel to another woman who claimed to be interested in renting it, Montebello police said in a written statement.The woman told the employee, who was in her 50s, she wanted to see the parking lot, Montebello police Sgt. Luis Lopez said.“When the victim and suspect went outside to the parking lot, the victim was pushed into the suspect vehicle,” according to the police statement. “Once in the vehicle, the victim was bound and blindfolded.”The vehicle — a gray or green minivan — had a man waiting behind the wheel. A short time later, the kidnapped employee called co-workers, told them what had happened and asked them to retrieve her personal checkbook and cash a check for a “large amount” of money for ransom, Lopez said. The co-workers then called police.The woman was released by her captors in Inglewood with minor injuries to her face about three hours later, Lopez said. The kidnappers received no money.The female kidnapper was described as a Latino woman in her 30s, about 5 feet tall, 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. The driver was described only as a Latino man.Anyone with information is asked to call the Montebello Police Department Crimes Against Persons Bureau at (323) 887-1262.

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